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Author's Note: I hope you enjoy it.

Party Problems

So far it seemed that everything was going well. Her Mother and Father, thankfully, hadn't invited so many guests like last time. Although her Mother hadn't been too happy on hearing that all of her friends were going to be at dinner; she hadn't asked Syd to not invite them, but…

It was only Jack and Ally. Ally had been to enough functions that she knew how to behave. Luckily she was good for helping Jack stay away from people that he shouldn't talk to.

"Hey Syd."

She turned to the sound of the familiar voice, "Z, Bridge, Sky! You guys are here!"

"Yes. We are." Sky looked tentatively towards the main room.

"Don't worry Sky, those girls aren't there."

"Come on Sky." Z smiled at Syd before rolling her eyes towards Sky who raised an eyebrow at her.

"Guys, no fighting please?"

"Don't worry Syd."

Sky and Z walked off leaving Syd and Bridge who was still standing outside. "Are you going to come in?"

"Are you sure your mom wants me here? I can always see you back at the base."

"Bridge, I told you that I want you there, so it doesn't matter.

"Alright."

Syd smiled and held out her hand to him which he quickly took. The two walked in and went towards the one room that had been a disaster.

Looking around the room was definitely different from the last time. Although, some was the same. Sky was standing off in a corner with his arms folded. Her mother and father were both taken on the other side of the room and Jack, Ally and Z were in a conversation. Syd frowned. This wasn't how it was supposed to go at all.

All at once the door bell rang. Syd looked in confusion at her parents. Her mother smiled and made her way over to Syd, "Don't look so confused Syd. Definitely not a look to keep on, especially in front of guests."

She knew that Andrew, their butler, had already answered the door. Whoever was there would walk into the room in just a few seconds.

"Syd! So nice for you to invite us again." Miranda said and walked over to the blonde ranger.

"Miranda, Rachel, Selena? What are you guys doing here?"

"Your mother spoke of this, of course we came." Selena said.

Rachel leaned forward, "Especially since there will be guys."

"Guys?"

Then it hit Syd. Her Mother had 'casually' invited her close friends over and some men, just in case. She turned towards her mother who only shrugged and smiled at the three young girls.

An hour later

Syd looked around the room; this hadn't been what she had wanted at all. Why had her mother done this? Sighing she looked over at Bridge who was talking to Sky and Brandon, she smiled. Well Bridge and Sky were fine. Scanning the room she caught Jack talking to John, that was actually probably a good thing. Ally was talking to Selena, although she kept looking exasperated; she wondered when Ally would say something to them? Z also looked intent on a conversation. And Syd, she needed some air.

Syd made it out to the side terrace. It was beautiful. She could see her gardens covered in the silver moonlight. She knew that on the other side of the gardens was a pond.

"You okay Syd?"

Syd turned and saw Z, "Hey. I'm fine…it's just…my Mother promised me. She promised me! Just us! And then she goes and invites all of those other people! There is nothing wrong with any of you."

Z had a wry smile on, "Thank you."

"Z, I am serious."

"I know. Look it's not a big deal. And besides so far, it's fine. Jack is not insulting a Congress person. Bridge hasn't drenched your Mom. And Sky is keeping away from Rachel, thank goodness."

Syd smiled at Z, "Z, I didn't know that even the thought of another girl talking to Sky would make you so jealous."

"I am not jealous."

"Oh really?"

"I'm not. I'm just saying, I think Sky might have kicked her out in a minute."

"Then you could go over and—"

"There is nothing going on between Sky and me alright?"

Syd raised an eyebrow, "Alright, if you say so."

"Now say it."

Syd rolled her eyes, "There's nothing going on between you and Sky,"

"Thank you."

"Just like there's nothing going on between Bridge and me."

Z opened her mouth to respond but before she was able to get anything out they both heard a scream. They both turned and looked at each other shock on their faces. Then they both headed inside.

They couldn't see as soon as they got in because there was smoke everywhere. The two began coughing and quickly shielded their faces with their arms. Before either was able to do anything they fell on the ground.

Syd felt someone shaking her. Slowly she opened her eyes to see Z next to her although the other girls eyes were elsewhere, "Syd! Wake up! Hurry!"

Syd quietly spoke, "I'm up Z. I'm up."

Looking down Z smiled, "Finally."

"Hey." Z helped Syd up, "What's going on?"

"I woke up right before I woke you up. Come on; let's go check on everyone else."

"Wait, should we call SPD?"

"Right." But before Z could call anyone her communicator beeped, "Yes."

"Z, what's going on? Neither Bridge or Sky are answering theirs." Doggie said. "Where is everyone?"

Syd and Z exchanged a "Syd is with me, but…sir Syd and I were coming in from outside only to discover there was smoke, we ended up passing out and only came to just now.."

"Hmm…alright; go ahead and search, we'll monitor it from here. And back up is on the way. Be careful."

Syd and Z began slowly walking towards the room that the party had been held in when Syd stopped her, "Just a second, that's my Dad's office and the light is on."

"So?"

"My Dad never leaves the light on. It's only on when he's in it."

Understanding dawned on Z's face and she nodded, "Alright."

The two girls slowly walked to the office and Syd opened a hidden keypad, punched in a ten digit password and turned the doorknob. Z raised an eyebrow, Syd shrugged, "My Dad likes his privacy and he has certain documents that are to be kept safe. He made sure this room was unable to get in."

As soon as they opened the door they saw that smoke filled the room. Z and Syd both stood aside on either side of the doorframe to get out of the way of the smoke that was slowly emerging covering their faces too.

"Syd, does your Dad have a fan in their?"

"I think so. Why?"

"Hang on."

Syd waited and after a few minutes she was surprised to see the smoke was getting less and less until finally it was gone. She looked over at Z who was leaning against the wall, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah."

"What happened?"

"I sent my clone in to get it taken care of."

Syd smiled and the yellow and pink rangers rushed into the office. "Did you see anyone?"

"No, but I didn't do a thorough search." Z nodded to the windows, "I thought you said it was unable to get in."

Syd smiled, "Unable to get in, I didn't say about getting out."

It was a pretty open office. There was a large ornate desk at the wall closest to the outside wall with a window on either side. To one side there was a closet and the other a small bathroom. There was a couch and a few chairs in the office as well. Syd went over by the desk and then towards the closet while Z checked the bathroom. As soon as Syd opened the closet door she saw her father's body on the floor.

"I found him!" She quickly checked his pulse; it appeared he was just knocked unconscious.

After they closed the windows they got a message from C Squad who was coming in for back up. They had just pulled up to the house so Syd sent them around to the back and lead them to her Dad's office. Once they were confident the two girls morphed and headed into the room that was most filled with smoke, the one with everyone in it.

They were finally able to get everyone out that they could find. Syd could tell right away who was missing from that room but they had to wait and have the whole estate searched.

Syd was standing against the wall watching the last two members from C Squad coming over to her. They were the last to report in and they were empty handed.

"Nothing?"

"No. Sorry."

"Thank you."

Z walked back over to Syd, "I'm guessing nothing."

"How's Jack, Ally and Sky?"

"Fine, they had a higher dose so it's taken them a bit longer to fully come around. What about?"

"No where." Syd felt a few tears well up in her eyes. "This is horrible."

"Is your Dad okay?"

"Yeah, he's being brought to the hospital, but…"

"Doggie has to know."

Syd nodded and with Z walked away from the noise, "Doggie, two people haven't been found anywhere. It's, "she swallowed, "Rebecca Drew and Bridge Carson."